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(No Mode 1) E. T. COOK BOOT AND SHOE BOX. 'Nn. 288,924. Patented Nov.20, 1883.

INV TOR WITN ESSES UNITED STATES ATENT EMMANUEL THOMAS COOK, OFALEXANDER, TEXAS, ASSIGNOB OF ONE- HALF TO D. R. BURROUGHS, OF SAMEPLACE.

BOOT AND SHOE BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 288,924, dated November20, 1883.

Application filed August 22,1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, E. T. COOK, a citizen of the United States, residingat Alexander, in the county of Erath and State of Texas, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Boot and Shoe Boxes; and I dodeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of this invention, and is aperspective view with part of the counter cut away. Fig. 2 is a sideview, the counter cut away. Fig. 3 is a modification of the invention,and is a side view.

This invention has relation to boot and shoe boxes for merchants use inboot and shoe stores and it consists in the construction and novelarrangement of devices, as will be hereinafter fully described, andparticularly point ed out in the claims appended.

The improved shoe-boxes are to be arranged beneath the counter, betweenguide-strips upon the floor, and mounted on wheels, and provided withmechanism connected to the hinged lids of the boxes to raise the lid asthe box is pulled out, and to close it when the box is pushed back toplace again. This may be accomplished in several ways, two of which Ihave shown and will describe herein.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, adesignatesthecounter; 22, the floor, and o the guide-strips, secured to the floorbeneat-h the counter.

d designates a rectangular box, of suitable size for the purpose forwhich it is intended,

which is mounted on rollers e, and is provided with a lid, f, to therear end of the box. A handle, 9, is provided at the front of the box,

by which to pull it. out from beneath the coun ter. A hanger, h, ishinged to the under side of the top of the counter, near the front edgethereof, and inclines downwardly and rearwardly, and is connected at thelower ends of its arms to the edges of the box-1i d at points betweenthe middle and the back end of the same. Toggle-arms i i are alsoconnected to the arms of the hanger h, and to the sides of the box, toprevent the box from being pulled too far out, and also to prevent thelid from being raised too high. When the box is pulled out, the lid willrise, and when the box is pushed back to place the lid will be closed bythe hanger. A modification of the hanger It consists of two wooden armspivoted in recesses in the guidestrips and pivoted at their upper endsto the edges of the box'lid, as shown. These arms operate the lid, asbefore described for the hanger.

This device is simple, easily worked, and is far more convenient thanthe old method of storing boots and shoes for the retail trade.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The boot and shoe box mounted on rollers and having a lid hinged atone end to the box, in combination with the hanger hinged to the counterand pivoted to the edges of the box-lid, substantially as specified.

2. The combination of the boot and shoe box having the hinged lid withthe hanger hinged to the counter and connected to the lid,

and the toggle-arms connecting the arms of the hanger and the sides ofthe box, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EllhllAhllEL THOMAS COOK.

Witnesses;

W. H. Ronenns, IV. R. Pnnrr'r.

